Cannes: Spike Lee, David Robert Mitchell Set For 2018 Festival Lineup

The lineup for the 71st Festival de Cannes has been revealed and, as expected, there wasn’t a Netflix title to be found.  The titles that did make the cut include world premieres from Spike Lee (“BlacKKKlansman” with Adam Driver), David Robert Mitchell (“Under the Silver Lake” with Andrew Garfield) and Jean-Luc Godard (“Le Livere D’Image”),  among others.

As previously announced, the opening night film is Asghar Farhadi’s “Everybody Knows” which is now the Oscar-winners third Cannes premiere in competition.  “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” directed by Ron Howard, was also previously revealed as an out-of-competition screening.

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Only 18 titles were announced for competition and often the slate is up to 24 films.  Festival head Thierry Fremaux noted that last year’s Palm d’Or winner, “The Square,” wasn’t announced until a week after the official reveal.  That means there is hopefully room for more than one film to be added to what is currently a slight in competition field.

Titles expected to be announced which were not included Terry Gilliam’s “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote,” Jacques Audiard’s “The Sisters Brothers” with Jake Gyllenhaal and Joaquin Phoenix, Luca Guadagnino’s remake of “Suspiria” and Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma,” the latter of which was recently acquired by Netflix and clearly the reason for its absence.

A complete list of this year’s competition, Un Certain Regard, out of competition and special screenings including Midnight are as follows (with some notable runtimes).

Competition
TODOS LO SABEN (EVERYBODY KNOWS) by Asghar Farhadi – 2h10
EN GUERRE (AT WAR) by Stéphane Brizé – 1h45
DOGMAN by Matteo Garrone – 2h
LE LIVRE D’IMAGE by Jean-Luc Godard – 1h30
NETEMO SAMETEMO (ASAKO I & II) by Ryusuke Hamaguchi – 1h59
PLAIRE AIMER ET COURIR VITE (SORRY ANGEL) by Christophe Honoré – 2h12
LES FILLES DU SOLEIL (GIRLS OF THE SUN) by Eva Husso -2h
ASH IS PUREST WHITE by Jia Zhang-Ke -2h30
SHOPLIFTERS by Kore-Eda Hirokazu – 2h01
CAPHARNAÜM (CAPERNAUM) by Nadine Labaki – 2h30
BUH-NING (BURNING) by Lee Chang-Dong – 2h28
BLACKKKLANSMAN by Spike Lee – 2h08
UNDER THE SILVER LAKE by David Robert Mitchell – 2h20
THREE FACES by Jafar Panahi – 1h24
ZIMNA WOJNA (COLD WAR) by Pawel Pawlikowski – 1h25
LAZZARO FELICE by Alice Rohrwacher – 2h10
YOMEDDINE by A.B Shawky – 2h
LETO (L’ÉTÉ) by Kirill Serebrennikov – 1h37

Un Certain Regard
GRÄNS (BORDER) by Ali Abbasi
SOFIA by Meyem Benm’Barek
LES CHATOUILLES (LITTLE TICKLES) by Andréa Bescond & Eric Métayer
LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT by Bi Gan
MANTO by Nandita Das
À GENOUX LES GARS (SEXTAPE) by Antoine DESROSIÈRES
GIRL by Lukas Dhont
GUEULE D’ANGE (ANGEL FACE) by Vanessa Filho
EUPHORIA by Valeria Golin
RAFIKI (FRIEND) by Wanuri Kahiu
MON TISSU PRÉFÉRÉ (MY FAVORITE FABRIC) by Gaya Jiji
DIE STROPERS (THE HARVESTERS) by Etienne Kallos
IN MY ROOM by Ulrich Köhler
EL ANGEL by Luis Ortega
THE GENTLE INDIFFERENCE OF THE WORLD by Adilkhan Yerzhanov

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Special Screenings
10 YEARS IN THAILAND by Aditya Assarat, Wisit Sasanatieng, Chulayarnon Sriphol & Apichatpong Weerasethakul
O GRANDE CIRCO MÍSTICO (LE GRAND CIRQUE MYSTIQUE) by Carlo Diegues
THE STATE AGAINST MANDELA AND THE OTHERS by Nicolas Champeaux & Gilles Porte
LES ÂMES MORTES (DEAD SOULS) by Wang Bing
À TOUS VENTS (TO THE FOUR WINDS) by Michel Toesca
LA TRAVERSÉE by Romain Goupil
LE PAPE FRANÇOIS – UN HOMME DE PAROLE (POPE FRANCIS – A MAN OF HIS WORD) by Wim Wenders

Midnight
ARCTIC by Joe Penna
GONGJAK(The Spy Gone North) by Yoon Jong-Bing

Out of Competition
SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY by Ron Howard – 2h15
LE GRAND BAIN by Gilles Lellouche

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